overweening

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /əʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ/    美 /oʊvɚˈwinɪŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An excessively high opinion of oneself or one’s abilities; presumption, arrogance. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — Let us suppresse this over-weening [translating cuider], the first foundation of the tyrannie of the wicked spirit[…].
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of overween form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. Unduly confident; (sometimes also) arrogant.
    — She wins one modeling contest in Montana and suddenly she’s overweening.
  2. Exaggerated, excessive.
    — The idea that an overweening federal government is a threat to both freedom and equality (not to mention prosperity) goes back to Jefferson, James Madison, Patrick Henry and some other fairly respectable personages.

词形变化

more overweening comparative most overweening superlative over-weening alternative overweenings plural over-weening alternative over-weening alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
overweeningly overweeningness

词源

词源 1
From Middle English overweninge, equivalent to overween + -ing. Cognate with obsolete Dutch overwanig, overwaand (“presumptuous; cocky; conceited”).
词源 2
From Middle English overweninge, equivalent to overween + -ing.
词源 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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